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Leviticus 15:20
20The woman who is bleeding might lie on a bed. The bed will become unclean. If the woman sits on something, it becomes unclean.
Leviticus 15:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Everything that she lies on during her impurity shall be unclean; also everything that she sits on shall be unclean.
Context of Leviticus 15:20
18A man might lie with a woman. If semen comes out of him, they are both unclean. They must wash their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. 19A woman will bleed every month. She is unclean for seven days. A person might touch the woman when she is bleeding. That person will remain unclean until evening. The woman who is bleeding might lie on a bed. The bed will become unclean. If the woman sits on something, it becomes unclean. 21If another person touches the bed, he must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening. 22Another person might sit on the thing that she sat on. That person must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.
Read all of Leviticus 15Leviticus 15:20 word by word
וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב עָלָ֛יו בְּנִדָּתָ֖הּ יִטְמָ֑א וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־תֵּשֵׁ֥ב עָלָ֖יו יִטְמָֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 15:20
- Leviticus 15:4If the man sits on a bed, it becomes unclean. If the man sits on anything, it becomes unclean.
- Proverbs 2:16If you have wisdom, you will not listen to the sweet words of a prostitute. A woman who likes to have sex with many men will not deceive you.
- Proverbs 5:3Do not listen to the words of an adulteress. She promises something as sweet as honey and as beautiful as olive oil.
- Proverbs 6:24They will keep you safe from any bad woman, so that the sweet words of an adulteress will not deceive you.
- Proverbs 7:10Then the woman came out to meet him! She was wearing the clothes of a prostitute. She knew what she wanted to do.
- Proverbs 9:13The woman who is called ‘Fool’ speaks in a loud voice. She is silly and she does not know anything.
- Proverbs 22:27If you cannot pay, they will take away your bed, even while you are sleeping on it!
- Ecclesiastes 7:26I learned this: Some women are like a trap that catches animals. Women like that are more dangerous than death. They may pretend to love you. They may hold you in their arms. But really their arms are like chains. They want to catch you, as hunters catch animals. Women like that will easily catch a man who has turned away from God. But a man who pleases God will escape from them.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not let anyone deceive you. Remember this: ‘If you become a friend of bad people, you also will live in a bad way.’
Commentaries on Leviticus 15:20
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-23A woman's menstrual period is natural and not a disease. But because it involved a bloody discharge, she became ceremonially unclean (see Leviticus 15:32–33). The rules were similar to those for a man with a bodily discharge (15:2–12). She could stay at home, but anything she sat on became unclean. Anyone who touched her had to wash, and she probably did the same after the seven-day quarantine. There was no animal sacrifice needed.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3319. if a woman have an issue--Though this, like the leprosy, might be a natural affection, it was anciently considered contagious and entailed a ceremonial defilement which typified a moral impurity. This ceremonial defilement had to be removed by an appointed method of ceremonial expiation, and the neglect of it subjected any one to the guilt of defiling the tabernacle, and to death as the penalty of profane temerity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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